From: Rob Browning Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:28:02 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Add note/0.27.1-from-0.27.md and mention in README X-Git-Tag: 0.28-rc2~1 X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/gitweb/?p=bup.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6bb5a4f864c6d21cc8151e4c0917755637be8bf9 Add note/0.27.1-from-0.27.md and mention in README Signed-off-by: Rob Browning --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 20c009e..5c86909 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ Reasons you might want to avoid bup Notable changes introduced by a release ======================================= - - Changes in 0.28 (unreleased) as compared to 0.27 + - Changes in 0.28 (unreleased) as compared to 0.27.1 + - Changes in 0.27.1 as compared to 0.27 + Getting started =============== diff --git a/note/0.27.1-from-0.27.md b/note/0.27.1-from-0.27.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..83a770b --- /dev/null +++ b/note/0.27.1-from-0.27.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ + +Notable changes in 0.27.1 as compared to 0.27 +============================================= + +May require attention +--------------------- + +* In previous versions, a `--sparse` restore might have produced + incorrect data. Please treat any existing `--sparse` restores as + suspect. The problem should be fixed in this release, and the + `--sparse` tests have been substantially augmented. + +Thanks to (at least) +==================== + +Frank Gevaerts (1): + restore: test --sparse with zeros at 64k boundary + +Greg Troxel + +Marcus Schopen + +Rob Browning (7): + Use $RANDOM seed for --sparse random tests + restore: add generative --sparse testing + restore: fix --sparse corruption + Merge restore --sparse corruption fix + Add note/0.27.1-from-0.27.md and mention in README + restore: fix --sparse fix (find_non_sparse_end) + test_server_split_with_indexes: close packwriter + +Robert S. Edmonds diff --git a/note/0.28-from-0.27.1.md b/note/0.28-from-0.27.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..859d591 --- /dev/null +++ b/note/0.28-from-0.27.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ + +Notable changes in 0.28 as compared to 0.27.1 +============================================= + +May require attention +--------------------- + +* The default install PREFIX is now "/usr/local". + +* BINDIR, DOCDIR, LIBDIR, and MANDIR settings no longer side-step + DESTDIR. i.e. `make DESTDIR=/x MANDIR=/y` install will install the + manpages to "/x/y" not just "/y". + +* The index format has changed, which will trigger a full index + rebuild on the next index run, making that run more expensive than + usual. + +* When given `--xdev`, `bup save` should no longer skip directories + that are explicitly listed on the command line when the directory is + both on a separate filesystem, and a subtree of another path listed + on the command line. Previously `bup save --xdev / /usr` could skip + "/usr" if it was on a separate filesystem from "/". + +* Tags along a branch are no longer shown in the branch's directory in + the virtual filesystem (VFS). i.e. given `bup tag special + /foo/latest`, "/foo/special" will no longer be visible via `bup ls`, + `bup web`, `bup fuse`, etc., but the tag will still be available as + "/.tag/special". + +General +------- + +* bup now provides experimental `rm` and `gc` subcommands, which + should allow branches and saves to be deleted, and their storage + space reclaimed (assuming nothing else refers to the relevant data). + For the moment, these commands require an `--unsafe` argument and + should be treated accordingly. Although if an attempt to `join` or + `restore` the data you still care about after a `gc` succeeds, + that's a fairly encouraging sign that the commands worked correctly. + (The `t/compare-trees` command in the source tree can be used to + help test before/after results.) + + Note that the current `gc` command is probabilistic, which means it + may not remove *all* of the obsolete data from the repository, but + also means that the command should be fairly efficient, even for + large repositories. + +* bup may have less impact on the filesystem cache. It now attempts + to leave the cache roughly the way it found it when running a `save` + or `split`. + +* A specific Python can be specified at `./configure` time via PYTHON, + i.e. `PYTHON=/some/python ./configure`, and that Python will be + embedded in all of the relevant scripts as an explicit "#!/..." line + during `make install`. + +* `bup web` will now attempt an orderly shutdown when it receives a + SIGTERM. + +* `bup web` will listen on a filesystem socket when given an address + like "unix://...". + +* bup no longer limits the number of files in a directory to 100000. + The limit is now UINT_MAX. + +* `bup fuse` now has a `--verbose` argument, and responds to + `--debug`. + +Bugs +---- + +* bup save should not fail when asked to save a subdirectory of a + directory that was completely up to date in the index. Previously + this could cause a "shalists" assertion failure. + +* The way bup writes the data to disk (the packfiles in particular), + should be a bit safer now if there is a coincident power failure or + system crash. + +* A problem has been fixed that could cause bup to ignore the current + TZ setting when computing the local time. + +* bup should no longer generate broken commits when the timezone + offset is not an integer number of hours + (e.g. TZ=Australia/Adelaide). + +* `bup midx --output` should now work when used with `--auto` or + `--force`. + +* `bup import-rsnapshot` should exit with a status of 1, not -1. + +* bup should be more likely to get the data to permanent storage + safely on OS X, which appears to follow a surprising interpretation + of the `fsync()` specification. + +* `bup web` should handle non-ASCII paths better. It will no longer + treat them as (and try to convert them to) Unicode (which they're + not). + +Build system +------------ + +* The tests can now be run in parallel (and possibly much more + quickly) via `make -j check`. + +* The build system now creates and uses cmd/bup-python which refers to + the `./configure` selected python. diff --git a/note/0.28-from-0.27.md b/note/0.28-from-0.27.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0107f81..0000000 --- a/note/0.28-from-0.27.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,107 +0,0 @@ - -Notable changes in 0.28 as compared to 0.27 -=========================================== - -May require attention ---------------------- - -* The default install PREFIX is now "/usr/local". - -* BINDIR, DOCDIR, LIBDIR, and MANDIR settings no longer side-step - DESTDIR. i.e. `make DESTDIR=/x MANDIR=/y` install will install the - manpages to "/x/y" not just "/y". - -* The index format has changed, which will trigger a full index - rebuild on the next index run, making that run more expensive than - usual. - -* When given `--xdev`, `bup save` should no longer skip directories - that are explicitly listed on the command line when the directory is - both on a separate filesystem, and a subtree of another path listed - on the command line. Previously `bup save --xdev / /usr` could skip - "/usr" if it was on a separate filesystem from "/". - -* Tags along a branch are no longer shown in the branch's directory in - the virtual filesystem (VFS). i.e. given `bup tag special - /foo/latest`, "/foo/special" will no longer be visible via `bup ls`, - `bup web`, `bup fuse`, etc., but the tag will still be available as - "/.tag/special". - -General -------- - -* bup now provides experimental `rm` and `gc` subcommands, which - should allow branches and saves to be deleted, and their storage - space reclaimed (assuming nothing else refers to the relevant data). - For the moment, these commands require an `--unsafe` argument and - should be treated accordingly. Although if an attempt to `join` or - `restore` the data you still care about after a `gc` succeeds, - that's a fairly encouraging sign that the commands worked correctly. - (The `t/compare-trees` command in the source tree can be used to - help test before/after results.) - - Note that the current `gc` command is probabilistic, which means it - may not remove *all* of the obsolete data from the repository, but - also means that the command should be fairly efficient, even for - large repositories. - -* bup may have less impact on the filesystem cache. It now attempts - to leave the cache roughly the way it found it when running a `save` - or `split`. - -* A specific Python can be specified at `./configure` time via PYTHON, - i.e. `PYTHON=/some/python ./configure`, and that Python will be - embedded in all of the relevant scripts as an explicit "#!/..." line - during `make install`. - -* `bup web` will now attempt an orderly shutdown when it receives a - SIGTERM. - -* `bup web` will listen on a filesystem socket when given an address - like "unix://...". - -* bup no longer limits the number of files in a directory to 100000. - The limit is now UINT_MAX. - -* `bup fuse` now has a `--verbose` argument, and responds to - `--debug`. - -Bugs ----- - -* bup save should not fail when asked to save a subdirectory of a - directory that was completely up to date in the index. Previously - this could cause a "shalists" assertion failure. - -* The way bup writes the data to disk (the packfiles in particular), - should be a bit safer now if there is a coincident power failure or - system crash. - -* A problem has been fixed that could cause bup to ignore the current - TZ setting when computing the local time. - -* bup should no longer generate broken commits when the timezone - offset is not an integer number of hours - (e.g. TZ=Australia/Adelaide). - -* `bup midx --output` should now work when used with `--auto` or - `--force`. - -* `bup import-rsnapshot` should exit with a status of 1, not -1. - -* bup should be more likely to get the data to permanent storage - safely on OS X, which appears to follow a surprising interpretation - of the `fsync()` specification. - -* `bup web` should handle non-ASCII paths better. It will no longer - treat them as (and try to convert them to) Unicode (which they're - not). - -Build system ------------- - -* The tests can now be run in parallel (and possibly much more - quickly) via `make -j check`. - -* The build system now creates and uses cmd/bup-python which refers to - the `./configure` selected python.